Current problems of Europe

Struggle against ISIS as a factor of internal and foreign policy of Germany

Ахтамзян Н.А,

Akhtamsjan N.A. – Ph.D. in political sciences, senior researcher, Chair of Oriental Politology, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract

Abstract. The article is dedicated to the problem of participation of Germany in the struggle against ISIS. The author analyzes the dimension and forms of this participation and comes to the conclusion, that «the crisis of refugees» and A. Merkel’s migration policy lead to the change of political landscape in Germany: polarization of political forces, revival of radical movements and, finally, – may influence the outcome of the elections to the Bundestag in 2017.

Keywords

Keywords: ISIS (IS), Peshmerga, humanitarian aid, refugees, asylum-seekers, migration policy, integration, German federal elections.

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